Improving visibility and data recording : Day 2 Mission 2 ✅

On ‘Mission 1, Day 1’, I made mistakes that cost me too much time in data recording. 

I forgot to switch Maka Niu to film mode, so I missed out on valuable environmental data from areas of interest. I also made the mistake of not formatting the date and time on the SD cards, so it took me extra hours to correctly identify data files. I gave myself grace, as it's better I make this mistake now, rather than later in the deep sea deployments.

 

Matching SD cards to cameras. “F” = formatted.

I’m also feeling much better knowing I made time the night before to reformat SD cards, and update the GoPro underwater camera settings.

 

Photo of a group of GoPro 9 cameras used for BRUVs deployments

Below are the image camera settings I used:

• Resolution:4K.

• Lens: WIDE.

• ISO min: 100 | max: 1600 (depends on whether you have dive lights)

• Stabilisation: HyperSmooth AutoBoost.

I'm enjoying the mystery of what will show up next in our blue backyard .… if all goes well, our image quality will surely get a boost!

By the end of ‘Day 2, Mission 2.,’ we have collected over 13 hours of footage in various ecosystems-coral reefs, sand banks, and seagrass meadows. The results are encouraging.

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Veta 🦈